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The meaning of STRIFE is bitter sometimes violent conflict or dissension. How to use strife in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Strife.
Strife definition: vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism. See examples of STRIFE used in a sentence.
angry disagreement or violent actions: civil / ethnic / political strife. He led the union through several years of labor strife. (Definition of strife from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) strife | Business English.
The act of striving or vying with another; contention or competition. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A conflict or quarrel. American Heritage. The act or state of fighting or quarreling, esp. bitterly; struggle; conflict. Webster's New World. Strong endeavor. Webster's New World. Synonyms: feud. emulation. dispute. controversy. fracas.
angry disagreement or violent actions: civil / ethnic / political strife. He led the union through several years of labor strife. (Definition of strife from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) strife | Business English.
Strife is the act or state of fighting or arguing violently. The years leading up to the U.S. Civil War were characterized by great strife between northern and southern states over slavery and the role of a federal government.
Competition, emulation; an effort or exertion of rivalry, a contest of emulation. † to make strife: to contend or compete (for). † by strifes: in emulation or rivalry. Stryfe bytwene two, brigue. Stryfe who shall do best, estriue a lestriuee. I make stryfe to gette an offyce that gothe by election, je brigue.
1. angry or violent struggle; conflict. 2. rivalry or contention, esp of a bitter kind. 3. Australian and New Zealand. trouble or discord of any kind. to get into strife. 4. archaic.
strife. noun. /straɪf/. /straɪf/. [uncountable] (formal or literary) anger or violence between two people or groups of people who disagree synonym conflict. civil strife. The country was torn apart by strife. internecine strife among the nationalities of the empire. Topics Opinion and argument c2, Feelings c2.
Definition of strife noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.